"To be honest, I don't deal with windows," Austin said Wednesday on NFL Network's "Inside Training Camp Live." "I deal with the field. That's all I deal with. I just try to do my job."

Jones is nearly 70, so his words were understandable from a personal standpoint. Father Time eventually closes all our windows, ventilation freak that he is. But Austin and the Cowboys shouldn't be consumed with the idea that Week 1 commences a do-or-die operation.